[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:

(snip, I wrote)
>> Now the supposed solution is to wait until the price of everything
>> else gets (through inflation) up to the artificial house price.

> Say what? I haven't heard of any such thing.

It seems to be what at least some economists say, not that
I really believe that economists have any idea about the
current economic situation.

>> Also, people claim to believe in free-market, but not really.

>> If the free market decided that you were worth only $1/day, you
>> might not believe in it either.

> People believe in free market as one component of economic policy.
> There are competing interests and compromises are made. Setting a
> minimum wage increases unemployment, but by how much? These are
> competing interests and given a well-defined goal, an optimal minimum
> wage. Overall, markets are pretty much free. Some measures must be
> taken to prevent abuses of the powerful over the masses. Anti-trust
> legislation comes to mind.

Yes.  But price fixing and such aren't free market.  

Also, it seems that too many believe in free market as more
than just one component of policy, but as the only policy.

-- glen